1,038 stories by "Johnny Oleksinski"
On October 26, an ornery puppet named Moses from Blind Summit Theatre’s “The Table,” which recently concluded an acclaimed stint at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, took to ano…
Albany Park Theater Project, the multi-ethnic, youth performing arts ensemble, will return to the Goodman Theatre next spring with "God's Work," the Goodman announced on Tuesday. Receiving a…
World-renowned dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov will attend Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's annual Spotlight Ball in May, where he'll be honored with the 2014 Spotlight Award, the company…
It seems chef Rick Bayless has been by bitten the acting bug. In addition to next summer's Goodman Theatre remount of "Cascabel," the dining-entertainment fusion show that originated at Look…
On Wednesday the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation named Charles Newell, artistic director of Court Theatre in Hyde Park, the recipient of the 2013 Zelda Fichandler Award. This $…
American Theater Company announced on Tuesday the late addition of the touring one-man show "Mercy Killers" to the theater's new Town Hall Series. The show plays five performances from Oct. …
This Theater Loop Showcase video is playwright Brooke Allen’s "The Life and Death of Madam Barker," with music and lyrics by John Fournier, currently onstage at Red Tape Theatre. Molly…
"Parks and Recreation" star and former Defiant Theatre actor, Nick Offerman, will appear alongside his wife, Megan Mullally of "Will & Grace," in "Annapurna" with the New Group off-Broadway,…
The Light Opera Works in Evanston announced their 2014 season on Monday. In June, artistic director Rudy Hogenmiller will star in "Damn Yankees." Then, in August, is "Fiddler On The Roof." "…
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch delighted the Chicago International Film Festival audience of the new documentary, "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me," at AMC River East on Sunday afternoon by part…
In preparation for the annual Goodman vs. Steppenwolf flag football game next weekend, the Goodman Theatre's staff and artists wish to tell the world why they're all that and an intermission…
In "The North China Lover," Heidi Stillman's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' novel currently onstage at Lookingglass Theatre, a writer, M, recalls the early loves of her teenage years spent …
On Thursday, Lookingglass Theatre and chef Rick Bayless announced, as expected, that the popular 'Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner - Daring - Desire' will return in July for a month-long eng…
As A Red Orchid Theatre begins its twenty-first season on Wells Street, the theater adds three members to its longstanding ensemble, the first such additions since playwright Craig Wright jo…
Strawdog Theatre Company announced Hugen Hall's 2013-14 season on Tuesday.
The Music Theatre Company in Highland Park announced its 2013-14 season on Monday.
This week’s Theater Loop Showcase video is a song from the national tour of "Once," the Tony Award-winning musical that currently plays the Oriental Theatre. Guy is a vacuum cleaner re…
The Gift Theatre announced its 2014 season on Wednesday. Beginning with "Ten," the company's annual opener of new ten-minute plays, the season continues with three productions. &n…
Piven Theatre announced its 2014 season on Tuesday.
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is a song from Cheryl L. West's "Pullman Porter Blues," currently onstage at the Goodman Theatre. Set in 1937 on the Panama Limited Pullman Train from…
Eclipse Theatre Company, well-known for presenting the partial oeuvre of a single playwright per season, announced on Thursday that its 2014 lineup will focus on the work of Lynn Nottage.&nb…
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is a scene from Amy Herzog's "4000 Miles." Depicting an oft-ignored onstage relationship, that of a grandmother and her grandson, the play is set in m…
In Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1976 musical, "Evita," the young Eva Duarte aspires to a life beyond her lowly upbringings only to become overtaken by her own ambition. The sung-throug…
Route 66 Theatre Company announced on Monday that it will present two productions in 2014.
Based on the popular website of the same name, "Old Jews Telling Jokes" is exactly what its title says: An evening of old (and some young) Jewish comics being funny. Created by Peter Gethers…
